William CUMBACK

(1829-1905)

CUMBACK, William, a
Representative from Indiana; born near Mount Carmel, Franklin
County, Ind., March 24, 1829; attended the common schools and was
graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; taught school two
years; studied law at the Cincinnati Law School; was admitted to
the bar and commenced practice in Greensburg, Ind., in 1853;
elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth
Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1856; resumed the practice of law; appointed a
paymaster in the Army and served throughout the Civil War; member
of the State senate in 1866; Lieutenant Governor of Indiana in
1868; unsuccessful for election to the United States Senate in
1869; United States revenue collector 1871-1883; trustee of De Pauw
University, Greencastle, Ind.; unsuccessful candidate for
nomination for Governor in 1896; died in Greensburg, Ind., July 31,
1905; interment in South Park Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present